I had originally hoped to get this article compiled and published before the June 5th supermoon, but there will be more full moons and new moons, and any time of the month is the right time for social justice. We need to put effort and energy into social justice both now and into the future in order to achieve true equality for everyone. These links might help.
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Color associations are complex, multi-layered things, which are predominantly based on cultural and personal understanding. They are not immutable or universal, and the meanings change depending upon the circumstance in which they are used. In the context of Black Lives Matter, white color magic is not necessarily positive or beneficial.
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Spirit is hard to define, since it is intangible and subject to personal experience and cosmological views. My animistic perspective leads me to define the element of Spirit as the intangible spark which is each individual soul or consciousness, found in everything and everywhere. It both is divinity, and connects everything to divinity.
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In my experience, the elements are worlds away from the isolated energetic bastions of oppositional power which they are often portrayed as. On the contrary, I have found that each element, no matter how “pure” the conjuring or elemental, contains a seed of every other element. Rather than being isolated and oppositional, the elements are interdependent and interconnected in a balanced matrix, incapable of existing without each other.
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Practicing scientifically minded witchcraft means acknowledging the validity and veracity of both the scientific process and liminal magical practices. Despite the superficial contradictions involved in that statement, science and magic are not at all mutually exclusive, and no, I don’t need to appeal to quantum theory to make that assertion.
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This sigil is NOT a substitute for proper medical care! It is designed to help support the body, reduce complications, and improve responses to medical treatment, as pertains to healthy circulation of the cardiovascular system.
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This is a sigil to help support efforts at managing prolonged stress and anxiety. It is applicable to any time when you are experiencing prolonged stress and anxiety due to external situations.
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All of energy manipulation and metaphysical manifestation is will vs will. When you don’t see results from magic that involves the wills of others, give yourself a break. Dust yourself off, and give it another go. Keep it up long enough, and you can bring down a wall with a hammer.
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I have frequently seen people state that they hate meditation and it doesn’t work for them, and then proudly declare that they are proficient in some sort of shielding, grounding, centering practice. Different meditation techniques are designed for different goals, and work differently for different kinds of people. What works for someone else may not work for you, and what works for you may not work for them.
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There are a lot of symbolic associations in pagan and magical practice which are often taken for granted. One such correspondence is directions and elements. Another is gender and elements. I mention these two in particular because they don’t make sense to a lot of modern practitioners, myself included.
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